The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-13

year built an academy for the colored youth
| of the city on a valuable lot adjoining ITato-
vile. He now has nearly finished hne
academy for whites. This school Will De
taught by the Brothers of the Order. who
/ are expected here about Sept. /. AT an
early date a Cuban college and chapel will
be erected. Father Gihone is doing this
work from his private fortune. 1t is a
grand thing for Key West.
George HI. Cecil, the General Manager of
the DeBary line of steamers, received tele-
| gram Thursday from New York announc-
the sale of the steamer George NJ Bird to
some New York parties. The sale was con-
| summated through Mr.. James McComb, OF
Enterprise. The telegram did not say TO
what use the boat is to be put, or whether
the new owners would keep her in Florida
or take her into other waters. This IS the
| pioneer steamer of the DeBary line.
1t is now in the range of possibility that
| Chattahoochee is to have newspaper and
preacher to aid in the development of her
resources and morals. Rev. l.. Is. wilson,
| of the Patterson, Ga, Adrdnce. after
spending some days there and at other
places in search of location to remove 10
with his paper, after returning home, has
written back that Chattahoochee's induce
ments are greater than any of the places he
visited and has engaged a house for his
family and is expected to arrive soon.
Rev. Lucius Waterman, of Fishkill-on-
| the Hudson, has donated 81 900 to colored
work in the diocese of Florida. The bishop,
after consultation with the Rev. Mr.. Water
man, has determined to present the gift to
| the colored congregation in Tallahassee
| Under DR.. Carter, few colored people IN
Tallahassee have been struggling for some
time to erect a church. They have the
means to purchase the lot and with this
/ ~ will in short TINA what has hppn
so long desired Mr.. Waterman also pre-
sented $50 to the colored church at Palatka.
| The Board of County Commissioners of
| Gadsden has established the five divisions
of the county and ten voting precincts, with
| one Justice of the peace for each voting pre-
| cinct. The assessed value of personal and
| real property in the county will amount to
about the same as last year; 5000, 1913 is the
amount of assessment of railroad property
| in the county, as furnished by the Comp
| troller Taxes will not vary much, il any,
from those of the past year. The County
| Commissioners offer to pay $1,000, if the
town will duplicate it, for an artesian well
| in town, and the town has already sub
| scribed $780,
| Somewhat of sensation has been created
| out in the Shepard neighborhood, eight or
ten miles from Chattahoochee, by the re-
| port that mad dog was going at large.
| The people did not seem to realize their
danger or take in the situation, until after
several dogs and hogs had been bitten in the
| neighborhood all of which died soon after
| they were bitten. A sow that was bitten
| by the dog bit all of her pigs, after which
she and the pigs soon died. The dog was
shot at once by Mr.. McAlpin, but not
killed, but was found dead afterward
having died from the disease, as did all the
| hogs and dogs that were bitten.
At Green Cove Spring, Thursday, the
Rev. Alfred A. Presbrey was found guilty
of assault and battery upon his wife, Mar
| tina. From the evidence produced it seems
| that the couple have not lived upon very
| amicable terms since their marriage last
| May, and some time ago the reverend gem
| tleman made matters worse by committing
the assault. Mrs. Presbrey was loath to make
their private affairs pubic, but finally was
| compelled so to do hence the above result
| The courthouse was crowded a large num-
Der of ladies being present. Justice Greer
| presided. The jury recommended mercy,
and fine of $40 and costs was imposed.
The Holmes County Commissioners, in
answer to the prayer of a numerously
| signed petition, have ordered an election for
| the location of county site to take place
| Sept s. There are several places contend
| ing for the honor all through the county,
| suCn as w SSbNIiit, romeo ue
Leon, Cerro Gordo, and last though not
least, the city of Bombay. Wherever it is
located, however, eny place would be pref
| cradle to the outlandish spot where it stands
| at present, namely Cerro Gordo; situated
several miles from the railway, and reached
| by road which in wet weather is impassa-
| BILE; destitute of hotels or any sort of &C
commodations, a site marked by the destruc-
ton of five court houses already, the work
Nft Il arict
spot. The Bombay Land Company has
agreed, in the event of the county site being
| fixed at Bombay, to build, free of cost to the
county, a suitable court house, and to pro-
cure an iron ire-proof safe in which to keep
the county books and records.
| On last Thursday Maj J. Fl. Allen, a well
| known attorney of Orlando, was arrested
and brought before Justice T. w Shine for
trial the next morning upon tho following
| affidavit of Judge j. l.. Bryan: Estate of
| Florida, Orange county.-Before me person
| ally came j. l.. Bryan, who, being duly
sworn, says that on the - day of July, A.
| d. 1887, and thence continuously from said
day until the day of the making of
this affidavit, in the county and
State aforesaid one j. H. Allen, a
man, and one - Powers, a woman,
the said j. H. Allen and the said - Pow
ers, not being then and there married to
each other, did lewdly and lasciviously
associate and cohabit together to the
great and common nuisance of all
| the people, against the form of the statute
in such case made and provided and against
the peace and dignity of the State of Flori-
da. ]. L. Bryan Sworn to and subscribed
before me Aug. 4, 1887. I. w. Shine. j. p
At 9 o'clock Friday morning Justice
Shines office was crowded with spec
tatorS to see what was going on. Mai
Allen and his attorney A. j. Rose, were on
hand, and the trial began. The defendant
asked for change of venue, which was re-
fused, as the defendant refused to give any
reasons for the request. The defendant
then made motion to quash the indict-
ment as no county was specified in the war
rant This was granted and new warrant
was issued. Allen was re-arrested, but the
indictment was again quashed as no date
was specified upon which the alleged
offences We're committed. This was done
at the request of the prosecuting attorney,
Judge Mershon. The case was then post
poned under new warrant until Wednes-
day of this week, but as Allen was absent at
al.